A US Navy ship dumped diesel fuel into its own water supply. Years later, sailors were still...

A US Navy ship intentionally dumped fuel into the ocean and in the process accidentally contaminated its own water supply, sickening sailors for years after the incident, according to a new report published on Thursday.

An investigation by Military.com into the USS Boxer revealed that the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship unknowingly polluted its own water supply on a 2016 deployment when it dumped fuel tanks suspected of contamination overboard while the ship was dead in the water, leading water intakes to immediately draw the polluted water back into the vessel. A Marine veteran from that deployment told Insider they drank and showered in the contaminated water for as long as a few weeks.